Sandesh Assembly constituency

Sandesh is one of 243 assembly seats of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is part of Arrah Lok Sabha constituency along with other assembly constituencies viz Barhara, Arrah, Agiaon, Tarari, Jagdishpur and Shahpur.^[1]

Sandesh
Constituency No. 192 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Lok Sabha constituency	Arrah
Established	1957
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Bihar Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Kiran Devi Yadav
Party	RJD
Alliance	MGB
Elected year	2020
Preceded by	Arun Yadav

Area/Wards

Sandesh Assembly constituency comprises:^[2]

• Sandesh CD block
• Udwantnagar CD block
• Gram Panchayats: Sakaddi, Kulharia, Dhandiha, Bhadwar, Narbirpur, Khangaon, Gopalpur, Jalpura Tapa, Jokta and Koilwar (Nagar panchayat) of Koilwar CD block

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Until 1956: Constituency did not exit
1957[3]	Jhaman Prasad		Indian National Congress
1962[4]
1967	R. S. Singh[5]		Praja Socialist Party
1969[6]	Ramji Prasad Singh		Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1972[7]
1977	Ram Dayal Singh[8]		Janata Party
1978^	Sonadhari Singh Yadav[9]		Indian National Congress
1980	Sidh Nath Rai[10]		Indian National Congress
1985[11]	Sonadhari Singh Yadav		Lok Dal
1990[12]			Janata Dal
1995	Rameshwar Prasad[13]		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2000	Vijendra Yadav[14]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2005 Feb	Rameshwar Prasad[15]		Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation
2005 Oct	Vijendra Yadav[15]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2010	Sanjay Singh Tiger[16]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Arun Kumar Yadav[17]		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2020	Kiran Devi Yadav[18]

Election results

2020

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Kiran Yadav	79,599	51.54
	JD(U)	Vijendra Yadav	28,992	18.77
	LJP	Shweta Singh	28,500	18.45
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,449	2.23
Majority			50,607	32.77
Turnout			1,54,455	52.96
Registered electors			2,91,632

2015

2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RJD	Arun Yadav	74,306	49.79
	BJP	Sanjay Tiger	48879	32.75
	CPI(ML)L	Raju Yadav	15,879	10.64
	NOTA	None of the Above	3,713	2.49
Majority			25,427	17.04
Turnout			1,49,245	56.16
Registered electors			2,65,742

2010

2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Sandesh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Sanjay Tiger	29,988	26.57
	Independent	Arun Yadav	23,166	20.53
	RJD	Vijendra Yadav	16,779	14.87
	CPI(ML)L	Rameshwar Prasad	15,095	13.37
Majority			6,822	6.04
Turnout			1,12,866	52.78
Registered electors			2,13,826

See also

• List of Assembly constituencies of Bihar